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Most Popular Online Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools

2023 Most Popular Online Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools

9 Colleges
$65,988 Avg Salary
$25,780 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 556,813 degrees and certificates were awarded to liberal arts general studies students, making the major the most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Most Popular Online Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the United States to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online liberal arts graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

#1

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Our analysis found Tufts University to be the most popular school for liberal arts general studies students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the United States. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

Of the 10 students majoring in liberal arts at Tufts, 10% are male and 90% are female.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best liberal arts general studies schools in the United States. Saint Joseph's Maine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Standish.

About 56% of the students majoring in liberal arts at the school are women while 44% are male.

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#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Out of the 9 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

Of the 6 students majoring in liberal arts at Michigan State, 17% are male and 83% are female.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a great place for liberal arts general studies students working on their online graduate certificate. University of Oklahoma is a very large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a great place for liberal arts general studies students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public school with a large student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in liberal arts at the school are women while 50% are male.

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With a ranking of #6, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for liberal arts general studies students working on their online graduate certificate. Northern Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Lisle.

Women make up 33% of the liberal arts majors at the school.

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#7

Regis University

Denver, CO

Regis University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Regis U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

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#8

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for liberal arts general studies students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#8

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for liberal arts general studies students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a very large student population.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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